Friends and family of late Manchester music mogul Alan Wise - who died less than three months after his daughter - are raising cash to try to give him a fitting send-off.
The ‘legendary’ promoter and manager passed away earlier this month, heartbroken after 22-year-old daughter Natasha plunged to her death from a bridge following an 18-month battle to get counselling for depression .
Those close to Alan said he ‘never recovered’ from his daughter’s death and ‘died of a broken heart’.
A fundraising campaign has been set up to pay for Alan’s funeral - and to get a headstone made for the devoted dad and his daughter.
Cash will also be used to support Alan’s partner Bev.
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A donation page, set up by one of Alan’s former colleagues Gary Beesley, reads: “While Alan’s contributions to our lives and culture are sometimes overlooked, indeed overshadowed by others, the reality is he was instrumental in helping us all on our way, acting as a fundamental catalyst for the forging of innumerable significant relationships, collaborations and events that endure to the present and beyond.
“We all owe Alan a huge debt of gratitude for his contribution to our lives, as well as the limitless generosity he demonstrated throughout his life. When Al had money, he shared it; when he had none, he wangled more, then shared that.
“For all these things, we owe him. Alan invested his time, money and spirit in each of us. Now the time has come to pay him back, at least in part, for that investment.”
Tributes flooded in for Alan, 63, after he passed away in his sleep on June 1.
The tragedy came less than three months after daughter Natasha died following a fall from a bridge near their home in Whalley Range.
Alan, a key figure in the birth of The Haçienda and Factory Records, launched a scathing attack on mental health bosses after his daughter’s death, just hours after she celebrated her 22nd birthday.
He said Natasha desperately wanted help, but jumped after writing a suicide note.
Grieving friends of heartbroken Alan joined with mental health campaigners to call for an end to mental health cuts following the double tragedy.
To learn more about the campaign, follow this link
